Truck bomb attack by Kurdish militants kills six in southeast Turkey
- 8 years ago
Kurdish militants have attacked a police station in southeast Turkey with a truck bomb, killing six people including a baby and two toddlers, in one of the biggest strikes since the conflict reignited in July, security officials said on Thursday.
The overnight blast ripped the facade off the station in the small town of Cinar.
A Reuters reporter saw nearby windows blown out, shop shutters mangled and streets covered in debris.
The mainly Kurdish region has suffered a surge in violence since a two-year ceasefire between the state and Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels collapsed, reviving an insurgency that has killed 40,000 people over three decades.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said a five-month-old baby was among the dead in Cinar, vowing in a speech that Turkey would continue its fight against "every kind of terror".
The overnight blast ripped the facade off the station in the small town of Cinar.
A Reuters reporter saw nearby windows blown out, shop shutters mangled and streets covered in debris.
The mainly Kurdish region has suffered a surge in violence since a two-year ceasefire between the state and Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels collapsed, reviving an insurgency that has killed 40,000 people over three decades.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said a five-month-old baby was among the dead in Cinar, vowing in a speech that Turkey would continue its fight against "every kind of terror".